It's hard to imagine how Stanford University's patent infringement suit against Roche over HIV test kits could have backfired more spectacularly.

A U.S. district judge in Seattle has forcefully rejected Motorola's request that it be paid billions of dollars in royalty fees for its standards-essential patents (SEPs) by Microsoft. The judge's bench ruling has led some observers to question whether Google Inc. overpaid when it acquired Motorola for $12.5 billion in 2012.

3M Company didn't dupe Sweden's Meda AB into overpaying for its European drug business, according to a ruling by Manhattan U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan. The decision is a victory for Bickel & Brewer.

Unlike Steve Jobs, who famously declared he'd wage all-out war against Google's Android operating system in the courts, Apple CEO Tim Cook once called Apple's smartphone and tablet battles a "pain in the ass." The company's deal this weekend with HTC ought to grant some relief.

With $10 billion and its honor at stake, it's no wonder that JPMorgan Chase and its lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell are scratching and clawing in the litigation over JPMorgan's fire sale acquisition of Washington Mutual last fall. But a filing last week in Delaware federal bankruptcy court, in which JPMorgan seeks to compel members of an unofficial group of WaMu noteholders to identify themselves, has other folks in the litigation scratching their heads.

The Federal Circuit handed Apple a victory on Wednesday, reviving two smartphone patents the company asserted at the ITC against rival Motorola Mobility. The ruling is a win for Orrick appellate heavyweight E. Joshua Rosenkranz, but it could also be a boon for Apple's lawyers at other firms doing battle with Samsung.

The International Trade Commission on Friday ordered Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd to stop selling mobile devices that infringe Apple patents. The decision marks a major victory for Apple and its lawyers at Morrison & Foerster.

A ruling by a New York appellate court dismissing fraud claims against Sher's client UBS may raise the bar for sophisticated investors to sue for fraud in New York state court when a transaction goes bad.

After twice knocking out Viacom's billion-dollar copyright case against YouTube, Google's lawyers succeeded in defeating a parallel class action before the same federal judge in New York.